Say what? 1970 AJS motocrosser..............Hartford, CL, $2k. Used 2x, parked.

[chuck peterson]

  somebody somewhere has no idea their looking for this because they've never even heard of it. 

https://hartford.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1970-ajs/6659782644.html

[Brand X]

I know one thing, if you do know what it is...your old..    I remember them, and many more too..

[Chuck in Indiana]

I know one thing, if you do know what it is...your old..    I remember them, and many more too..

Uhhh, yeah. plus 1

[oldbike54]

 Those were the MX bike to have in 1970 , there is , or was, a guy in PA or OH who specialized in rebuilding those for collectors and vintage racers . Husqvarna ,may have been the more famous name from that era , but the AJS was faster on a scrambles or MX track .

 Dusty

 Edit . If that is for real , $2K is a really really good deal .
 

[brider]

VERY cool as a rare artifact, probably competitive in 1970 (but maybe not-Husky, CZ, and Maico were probably making more competitive models then), but by '73-'74 was ancient and outdated and never seen at a US motocross track. By then, the Japanese wave began and only Husky and Maico (and later KTM) could remain competitive (for a while) as Euro bikes.

Looking at the tiny steel frame members makes me cringe, and dig that brake pedal geometry! Still, I'd love to have it to blast around a VERY smooth open field or trails. The men that raced those rascals and slogged them (stalled) thru mudpits in hare-scrambles races were REAL men.

Ad is listed in Hartford, not too far from me, but the map shows it on the South coast of Boston???

2k seems low for the Vintage market, 'specially for an un-molested example.

[Kiwi_Roy]

An AJS, I never knew they made a 2 stroke.
I grew up with British bikes, BSA Bantam, Ariel, Vincent, my cousins had Matchless and a Panther.
The Moto cross riders back then all had re-purposed road bikes, one incident I remember was a Matchless taking to the air and the front forks dropping right out, needless to say that didn’t end well.
The city where I did my apprenticeship was home to the Coleman’s who did well at the IOM

[oldbike54]

 A 250 Stormer mounted rider won the British 250 MX championship in '69 and '70 , the model was actually advanced in its era . What hurt the AJS was the general decline of the British motorbike industry , and maybe the Villiers Starmaker engine which was a bit fragile in race tune .

 Dusty

[Tusayan]

I remember quite clearly being fascinated with a new, left over Stormer that I saw in a dealership...  At age 10.  I believe the name was applied to a bike that didn't at that stage have much to do with the original AJS factory etc.

[PeteS]

My local Norton dealer sold AJS. Quite a few at the local motocross tracks back in the day.

Pete

[KJ464]

I bought a 410 Stormer from a buddy this year.  Paid $1,500 dollars for it.  It is fast and handles well.  The shift pattern in one up and four down which takes some getting used to.  Raced it at an AHRMA national in May.  Very competitive against its peers.

[Muzz]

H Les
Just wondering, I see your location is Australia but you're posting an NZ flag........? You originally a Kiwi?

And now, back to the thread. I remember the 250 Stormer, but I seem to remember it came in another size and another name. I see a 410 was mentioned earlier but it doesn't ring a bell. 350 perhaps?

[Muzz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJS

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